Basic Resources & Glossary
This topic contains some basic information and resources related to coins, including standard coin terminology and help in identifying error and variety coins. This may be useful to those wishing to post questions about coins on the board, or those simply wishing to increase their knowledge about coins.
Concerning possible errors related to coins keep in mind that mint errors are very limited to a mistake which can occur with an individual coin during the coin production process, typically
As a follow up concerning resources, there are often common questions asked in the forums or areas of coin collecting where checking some basic references related to that first can be very helpful or answer questions some may have.
It is also useful to have a general list of basic online resources related to coin errors and varieties, which are popular topics. In addition, if coin collecting is a hobby you wish to pursue a copy ot the latest "Red Book" and "ANA Grading Standards" are neces
